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Prior to Launching Technology Initiatives
Over the past seven years, many healthcare organizations, like OUUCH, have begun to transition from the traditional paper-based systems to EHR systems. Research has shown that over a period of time. EHR sy Continue Reading...
CPOE primary use to manage cost and quality in the physician and pharmacy interaction?
An electronic process that enables providers of health care to manage the results of orders entered in to a computer electronically is known as Computer Provider Continue Reading...
Figure 1: Electronic Medical Systems Architecture
Source: (Cahn, 2001)
The core building blocks of this framework include the presentation and client layers, where web-based applications aligned with the needs of clinicians, specialist MDs and pa Continue Reading...
Strategic Planning May Successfully Aid the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model's Implementation and Value to Our Health Care System
How Using Strategic Planning May Successfully Aid the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model's Implementation and Valu Continue Reading...
The other dimension is related but is definitely separate. Some end-users are not only uninformed on how to administer electronic health records, they may actively resist and otherwise undermine the setup and these people need to be identified or e Continue Reading...
Although the research tools provided by the ISO 14001 framework are both qualitative and quantitative, this approach is consistent with the guidance provided by Neuman (2003) who points out that, "Both qualitative and quantitative research use sever Continue Reading...
Epidemiology
Definition and Description of Epidemiology
The word epidemiology was derived from the Greek words where "epi" means upon, "demos" means people, and "logos" means study.
Epidemiology can be defined in detail as the study of distributio Continue Reading...
This category can further be divided into six subgroups namely; short-range, medium range, long-range, close range, endurance, Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The long-range UAVs are technologically more advanc Continue Reading...
Patient acuity system provides the nurses and other healthcare practitioners in health cares' information that can guide them in their attention towards the patients. The nurses track information and then weigh them in accordance to the urgency of as Continue Reading...
DSM-IV as a Classification System
Systems of classification for psychiatric diagnosis have several purposes: to distinguish one psychiatric diagnosis from another, so that clinicians can offer the most effective treatment; to provide a common langua Continue Reading...
Market Orientation of Medical Diagnostic Units
Dissertation for Master of Health Administration i. Introduction ii. Objectives iii. Description iv Administrative Internship v. Scope and Approach vi. Growth vii. Methodology viii. Hypothesis ix. Surve Continue Reading...
Strategic Information Systems'?
A strategic information system is a system that enables an organisation to alter the structure of its business strategy so that it can achieve a competitive advantage over others. This system also helps organisations Continue Reading...
EHR Mandate
The electronic health records mandate comes from the federal government and is described by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. The objective of the program is to "enable the secure collection and ex Continue Reading...
Legal Definitions
Miranda Rule -- Prohibits the introduction of any testimonial evidence elicited from criminal suspects while under arrest or in police custody unless police first advise them of their constitutional rights to remain silent, refuse Continue Reading...
Expert Systems and Neural Networks
The Development and Limitations of Expert Systems and Neural Networks
The human experience demands a constant series of decisions to survive in a hostile environment. The question of "fight or flight" and similar Continue Reading...
Then, the patient can receive free care or referrals to specialists from the doctor. GPs thus can provide comprehensive data regarding patients with a variety of conditions, from a wide range of demographic groups. Currently, 3,500 GP practices, enc Continue Reading...
Information Systems (IS) and Technology Issues in Developing Countries
Technology has changed society in a manner much like the Industrial Revolution of the 17th century. The technology revolution started in the U.S. And the countries of Western Eur Continue Reading...
Technology in Healthcare: Electronic Health Records and Clinical Decision SupportToday, health information technologies are serving a critical role in promoting optimal clinical outcomes and advancing healthcare in a rapidly changing world (van Velze Continue Reading...
Family Medical Leave Act
Before the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed into law in 1993, the United States was among the few industrialized nations with no such legislation in place.
Employees had to make do with piecemeal legislation, Continue Reading...
Practicum Project Plan: New Information System Based On the Need to Enhance the Speed of Documentation and Patient Charting At the Health Facility
Introduction
The relevance of informatics in seeking to address provider and patient needs while at the Continue Reading...
Case Study Analysis
Introduction
Sutter Health System located in California is a non-profit community-based system of health care. Imperatively, the system of healthcare renders services to patients and households where the healthcare providers link Continue Reading...
Role-based ERP systems are critical for the siloed, highly inefficient architectures of legacy ERP systems to be made more relevant, contribute greater financial performance, and lead to higher levels of overall customer satisfaction.
c. Purpose of Continue Reading...
Health Care Advanced
Quality of Medical Care Defined and Other Dimensions of Quality Care and Their Importance
Quality is reported to be defined by the Institute of Medicine as:
"The degree to which health services for individuals and populations Continue Reading...
Women's Health -- Focused on prevention and care for breast health, mammography, etc.
Transplant Programs - Swedish is one of seven kidney transplant centers and one of just four liver transplant centers serving the entire Pacific Northwest. The O Continue Reading...
Mass Casuality Decontamination
Mass Causality Decontamination
Throughout the past era, worries about possible terrorist acts concerning weapons of mass destruction (WMD) directed Congress and the President to obtain a complete counteract terrorism Continue Reading...
They do not show what people perceive, and, in the end, this is what consciousness is (18).
According to Steinberg, PET studies of vegetative patients have indicated "that the primary sensory cortices respond to pain and sounds, but that higher-ord Continue Reading...
Nursing Process Improvement and Change
Change management or process improvement in healthcare guarantees that the vital systems in the healthcare organizations are functioning at their optimal. The objectives of healthcare procedure enhancement are Continue Reading...
Nursing Informatics: Computerized Management Systems Could Increase Quality of Care
A computerized management system refers to the use of hardware and soft ware in the managing process within an organization. Computerized management systems in a com Continue Reading...
Fault: An Alternative to the Current Tort-Based System in England and Wales
The United Kingdom
statistics regarding claims
THE NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM
OBSTACLES TO DUE PROCESS
THE CASE FOR REFORM
THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
THE RISING COST OF LI Continue Reading...
Employee Privacy Torts
Issues relating to employee privacy have been at the forefront of businesses for many years. This has been fuelled by the dynamic workplace which changes constantly and also by employees and employers being more litigation-con Continue Reading...
Individual Terms
Word Processor
"Sometimes abbreviated as WP, a word processor is a software program capable of creating, storing, and printing documents. Unlike the standard typewriter, users using word processors have the ability of creating a do Continue Reading...
Companies like Kaiser Permanente are also getting involved with EHR. A recent study that was done in Hawaii showed, however, that doctors were actually slower at treating patients and updating their information when they used electronic recordkeepi Continue Reading...
Nursing Informatics
Imagine learning within one's organization that medical records are becoming electronic and additional training is needed. Will one react in a positive or negative manner? How long does it take to implement technology? What curre Continue Reading...
Business Ethics Focus on Merrill Lynch
According to Laura Hartman and her co-writer, Joe Desjardins in the work entitled "Business Ethics: Decision Making for Personal Integrity & Social Responsibility" philosophical ethics may be clearly differ Continue Reading...
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Nursing and the ER
The Emergency Room is often one of the most visible parts of healthcare for political debate. It is also one of the most difficult environments for a modern nurse. It is interesting that one of the founders of modern Continue Reading...
HITECH Legislation
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is something that gives the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) with the power to create programs that will improve health care quality, s Continue Reading...